84 records matched your query       

Author:

Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- author.

Title:

The hunter, the stag, and the mother of animals : image, monument, and landscape in ancient North Asia / Esther Jacobson-Tepfer.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxxiii, 413 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Asia.
Religion, Prehistoric--Asia.
Deer--History--Asia--History--To 1500.
Goddesses, Asian--History--To 1500.
Liminality--Asia--History--History--To 1500.
Social change--Asia--History--To 1500.
Social archaeology--Asia.
Landscape archaeology--Asia.
Asia--Antiquities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The transformation of image, object and belief in prehistoric North Asia -- The appearance of the animal mother -- The persistence of liminal beings -- The mother of animals -- Intimations of death and transformation -- The end of naturalism in nomadic art -- The pivot between life and death -- Traces of ancient beliefs -- The archaeology of belief.

Summary:

"Jacobson-Tepfer explores the changing traditions of belief in pre-Bronze and Bronze Age North Asia, centering her argument on a female deity and her evolution until the early Iron Age"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

019020236X
9780190202361

OCLC:

(OCoLC)897001530

LCCN:

2014023065

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)